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Transcribe the highlighted sentence phonemically, mark the word stress and
underline the tonic syllable. (4 pts)
A: How was he?
B: He was in a really bad temper.
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2. Find out the odd one in each group. Explain your choice. (4 pts)
Because it is a consonant. The others are vowels.
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3. Analyse the underlined words in the following passage morphemically. State

what type of morpheme they are. (4 pts).
List of abbreviation: {pl}: plural, {sg}: singular, {poss}: possesive, {compr}: comparative
degree, {pos}: positive degree, {supl}: superlative degree, {m}: masculine gender, {f}:
feminine gender, {n}: neuter gender, {pres}: present tense, {past}: past tense, {prsprt}:
present participle, {pastprt}: past participle, {nomn}: nominative case, {obj}: objective
case, {gerund}: gerund, {1 st/ 2nd/ 3rd p}: first/ second/ third person.

Although most people consider piranhas to be dangerous, they are , except in two
main situations, entirely harmless. Piranhas rarely feed on large animals, they eat
smaller fish and aquatic plants. When confronted with human, piranhas’ instinct is
to flee, not attack.

Eg: dangerous: {danger}: lexical morpheme, content word + {-ous}: lexical morpheme,
derivational suffix + {pos}: grammatical morpheme.

1. are:
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3. smaller:
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4. confronted:
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4. Write ONE example for each structure, then analyse the word into morph (4
pts).

UNHAPPY = un-: bound morph, prefix + happy: free morph: content word.

a. Bound morph, prefix + free morph, content word + bound morph, inflectional suffix.
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b. Free morph, content word + bound morph, derivational suffix + bound morph,
inflectional suffix.
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c. Free morph, content word + free morph, content word + bound morph, inflectional
suffix.
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d. Free morph, content word + bound morph, derivational suffix + bound morph,
derivational suffix.
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5. Identify structure and function of the underlined parts (4 pts).

But there are two situations in which a piranha bite is likely. The first is when the
frightened piranha is lifted out of the water, for example, if it has been caught in a
fishing net. The second is when the water level in pools where piranhas are living falls too
 low. A large number of fish may be trapped in a single pool, and if they are hungry, they
may attack anything that enters the water.

Eg: in which a piranha bite is likely: Relative clause. Modifer of noun.

a. In a fishing net:………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b. Too low: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
c. If they are hungry: …………………………………………………………………………………………………
d. Anything that enters the water: ……………………………………………………………………………

6. Identify the clause pattern of following sentences (4 pts).

Eg: I couldn’t believe my eyes: SVOd

a. After we finished eating, dad washed the dishes ……………………………………………………………

b. She keeps all the jewelry in a safe place…………………………………………………………………………..
c. He considers himself an expert on the subject ……………………………………………………………….
d. Last winter, John gave skiing a try…………………………………………………………………………………..

7. State if the following sentences are simple (S), complex (CX), compound (CP) or
compound complex (CC) by writing the appropriate symbols at the beginning
of each. (4 pts).
a. I would argue that the benefits of video games are outweighed by the drawback.
b. I did my grocery shopping today; consequencely, our cupboard is full.
c. Down the lane, past the house, and into the field ran the runaway horse.
d. Pam knew where the park was, so she gave us the direction.

8. Identify types of figurative language (personification, metonymy, tautology,

metaphor) in the following sentences. (4 pts)
Eg: Her voice is so sweet. Metaphor.

a. I want to live while I am alive …………..……………………………

b. The moon winked at me through the clouds above …………………………………………
c. The lightning was fireworks in the sky ………………………………………..
d. The restaurant has been acting quite rude lately ……………………………………….
9. Identify the meaning relationship (contradiction, presupposition, lexical
ambigulty, entailment) in the following sentences (4 pts)
a. They are hunting dogs …………………………………………
b. John tore up the letter and John did something to the letter ……………………………
c. My parents have no children ………………………………………..
d. They realised that they were travelling in the wrong direction
and They were travelling in the wrong direction ……………………………………….

10. Give an example for each of the following semantic concepts. (4 pts)
a. Homonymy
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b. Synonymy
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c. Hyponymy
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d. Binary antomyms
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